Matthew 7:12 Therefore all things whatever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. The Emperor Alexander Severus was so charmed by the excellence of this "golden rule," that he obliged a crier to repeat it whenever he had occasion to punish any person; and caused it to be inscribed in the most noted parts of his palace, and on many of the public buildings: he also professed so high a regard for Christ, as having been the author of so excellent a rule, that he desired to have Him enrolled among the deities. Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. |